Listen to the story {Play} Access to literature, simple distribution, use of multimedia, layout adaption to the reader, the benefits of ebooks are many. Where the next generation ebooks that now are developing include empowering the content of the book with interactive features for boosted engagement and learning. Furthermore, it …
In our Swedish edition, we have published a series of stories about book publishing as a source of transformation both at the birth of the industrial society and now in pioneering years of the digital society. In the former transformation the focus of our stories was directed on two protagonists …
The Training Institute of National Education (IFEN) of Luxembourg is developing a Digital Library for teacher training. This new service is designed in collaboration with the National Library of Luxembourg. Where the users will use their Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials to be able to view and download a …
eLearningworld News In a general attempt to improve the VAT-rules for e-commerce the EU Commission is now working to make it possible for the member states to lower the VAT-level on digital books to the same as printed books. Commission spokeswoman commented that today printed books and newspapers can have …
eLearningworld News The total sales of Finnish publishing houses were €250 million in 2017, including €35 million from ebooks that have been growing since 2012. At the same time, as paperback books’ sales are falling, the profit 2016 was in total in Finland €7,1 million, in 2017 it was €5,6 …
eLearningworld News “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Marcus Tullius Cicero Today, March 1, is the World Book Day, as the freedom expression is under constant threat even in a time like ours when everybody can become a published author, self-published or by a publishing …
eLearningworld News Step-by-step we see the lights of dawn for a European eBook market as the EU Commission and other EU institutions continue its work to create a European market for content and media. According to the new proposal that concerns geoblocking, all EU buyers abroad should be treated as …
eLearningworld News After the European Court of Justice ruling that an ebook should not be considered as a book and ebooks should continue to suffer of full VAT-rate, a similar case has been ruled in the Brazil Supreme Court this week, with the opposite outcome. The results of the ruling …
eLearningworld News The European Court of Justice still values the freedom of expression in a printed publication higher than a digital publication according to its recent VAT-ruling where a reduced rate will not be allowed on digital publications. Besides the problem that the higher VAT on digital publications is an obstacle …
eLearningworld News from China In April 2016 eLearningworld reported about the fast growing Chinese eBook-market with focus on a national survey from Chinese Academy of Press and Publication that showed that 64 percent of the adults in China read eBooks in 2015, which was an increase by 5.9 percentage points, …
